Here are 20 physicians who have been appointed to or will retire from executive roles within their respective hospitals, health system and healthcare organizations since Feb. 1, 2026:
1. Jason Caron, MD, stepped into his role as president and CEO of Sanford Health in Bemidji (Minn.).
2. James Downing, MD, shared plans to step down as president and CEO of Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital later this year. He will transition into a faculty role within the institution’s Department of Global Pediatric Medicine.
3. Ijeoma Carol Nwelue, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of Methodist Hospital Texsan in San Antonio.
4. Nimitt Patel, MD, was appointed medical administrative director of Cleveland-based MetroHealth System’s division of trauma, critical care, burns and acute care surgery. He will co-lead the division under the system’s new dyad structure at its level 1 trauma center.
5. David Zaas, MD, was named CEO of Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist.
6. Richard Lofgren, MD, inaugural president and CEO of Oklahoma City-based OU Health, will retire effective June 30. Jonathan Curtright, MBA, MHA, the system’s current COO, will succeed Dr. Lofgren as president and CEO effective July 1, 2026, as part of a board-approved succession plan.
7. DeVry Anderson, MD, was named chief medical officer of St. David’s North Austin Medical Center in Texas.
8. Brian Levine, MD, was promoted to chief academic officer at Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare.
9. Gerald Wydro, MD, was named chief medical officer of St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Pa., and Nazareth Hospital in Philadelphia.
10. Maulin Shah, MD, was named senior vice president and chief health information officer for Renton, Wash.-based Providence.
11. Tim Calahan, MD, is leaving Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine after four years as chief technology officer.
12. Navneet Dang, MD, was named chief medical officer of Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger’s hospitals.
13. Brett Walker, MD, stepped down as associate chief medical information officer at Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System.
14. Greg Beilman, MD, was named CEO of Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota Physicians after serving as interim CEO since July.
15. C. Alan Scott, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro.
16. Victor Waters, MD, was named chief medical officer at University Medical Center at El Paso (Texas).
17. Timothy Quinn, MD, plans to retire April 3 as president and CEO of Mercy Cedar Rapids (Iowa).
18. Daniel Frattarelli, MD, was named chief physician executive of UToledo (Ohio) Health.
19. Adrienne Moore, DrPH, was appointed senior vice president of strategy and growth for Phoenix-based Banner Health.
20. Harish Rengarajan, MD, was named chief medical executive of Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch, Calif.
